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Too Much Fun

2006-08-19T16:10:00.000+08:00

Life's a bad movie...

2006-08-18T23:02:00.000+08:00

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Haiz.

Site Statistics

2006-08-17T22:31:00.000+08:00

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PowerBook's back... Any more problems with it and Apple will have one angry.... err.. 1.64m boy after them for a replacement laptop. (And of course hopefully they won't have stock for my model anymore since it's discontinued, and upgrade me free to a MacBook Pro!)

Anyway, I'm not studying at all. I'm just dead in my tracks in this part of my education. I'm sick. I just want it get it done and over with.

Irritating teachers

2006-08-15T20:55:00.000+08:00

I bet there are some teachers who take sadistic pleasure in their authority over students. It doesn't take a Stanford Prison Experiment to figure this out.

I wonder why teachers become what they are in the first place. Overheard in some lecture, "those who can't do, teach". It's quite true, isn't it? If you're so good with science, for example, why be a teacher? Okay granted there are some people whose ambition is to become a teacher. Probably cause it's the only job whereby you can boss people around even at the lowest rank.

But then it doesn't mean they can be rude, can they? Today I had this most unpleasurable experience of meeting with this anal-retentive teacher who was just obnoxious. I've met with trouble with disciplinarians more often than not over my hair, but the teacher I bumped into today was plain rude!

Gargh! I hate my school. 3 months seem like a long time when you're stuck in a shithole like that.

Gotta get going now. Have Bio to do and an effigy to whack.

PowerBook down, again

2006-08-13T13:40:00.000+08:00

Won't be having new comics for a couple of days it seems, since my PowerBook has some problems, again, and I have no Photoshop on my PC.

I just watched Underworld, on DVD, and it's a pretty good movie although the directing sucks and the story might seem convoluted. I like complicated storylines, but in this movie, the plot was quite clear cut, just that bad directing probably made it messier than it is. Anyway I want to watch Underworld: Evolution!

The Underworld movies were quite irritating, for people of my age. In 2003 the first movie was NC16, and most of the 1988 babies were barely 16 yet, and thus could not catch it. Then this year they had Evolution, and it was M18! I expect the upcoming sequal to be released 3 years later at R21.

Argh have to send my PowerBook to servicing again, third time this month. Could be a sign that I need to get a new Mac... Mac Pro! Haha the most spec-ed out Mac Pro costs a cool S$26,000 and that's not even considering the cost of a few more 30-inch monitors which it can support. 2x Dual-Core Xeon 3.0Ghz, 16GB of RAM, 2 TB (yes that's 2000 GIGABYTES) of HDD space...

Yes it's every geek's wet dream.

Irritating. Why must the PowerBook spoil now when I want to upgrade my room? Minor upgrade this time. When I grow up I'd probably spend thousands on home theatre systems.

That is, if I can good grades for A Levels and get a good job. Bleh, logical fallcy.

Mugger VS Slacker

2006-08-12T00:29:00.000+08:00

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Came a little late this time..

Filler Comic

2006-08-10T23:04:00.000+08:00

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IndigNation

2006-08-09T22:40:00.000+08:00

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An Apple a day

2006-08-08T23:01:00.000+08:00

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Shamless Hippopotamus strikes again!

2006-08-07T21:23:00.000+08:00

People never even invite it to go out and it wants to tag along. Please, don't scare the girls.

Err.. yeah.

2006-08-07T18:24:00.000+08:00

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Money!!11!!!

2006-08-06T20:30:00.000+08:00

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When there's no money for an impulse purchase

2006-08-05T14:35:00.000+08:00

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Kena CS

2006-08-04T21:19:00.000+08:00

Wah lau eh.

Bilateral Relationship

2006-08-03T16:45:00.000+08:00

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Nope it doesn't get old

2006-08-02T15:36:00.000+08:00

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Extended BMT is meaningless without you

2006-08-01T23:24:00.000+08:00

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Double-comic day!

Some things never get old.

2006-08-01T18:43:00.000+08:00

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A touchy addiction

2006-07-31T15:28:00.000+08:00

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Wh-wh-what?

2006-07-30T22:41:00.000+08:00

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Disgusting Dissection Documentation

2006-07-30T01:06:00.000+08:00

A few weeks ago we dissected a lamb's kidney and heart as well as a fat, white rat.

Photos:

View at own discretion. Oops did I display the disclaimer too late?

Any fool can buy a DS Lite

2006-07-29T00:09:00.000+08:00

But it's the geek and the gamer that brings it to life.

Some short reviews... I bet it will want to know my game library since it worships me much. Anyway today's PE was kinda wasted. Didn't manage to stay in the hall. Could use with some laughs.

Brain Age is a cool game. That is, if you could call it a game. It offers a range of tests that analyses the age of your brain. Then there are all kinds of little brain exercises that you can do. You'd find yourself playing this, or rather, training your brain a few minutes each day. It is surprisingly addictive.

It is also the perfect excuse for your parents for buying a DS Lite. Not that I'm going to tell my mum anytime soon. If she knows there's Sudoku on this my DS Lite will become like my PSP!

Viewtiful Joe. It's a weird game. I've never played the GameCube version so I don't really know what to expect. From the minutes I spent on this game, I know it's a side-scrolling beat 'em up game, but I can't really see what's the appeal of this. To be fair I'll give it a bit more time before passing judgment.

Now Nintendogs is the game that scores huge points with girls. Not that guys can't enjoy it. A cute puppy that never grows up or give you problems like cleaning after it, it's perfect for irresponsible pet owners everywhere! You can do stuff like teach the dog tricks via the voice recognition. It's appealing at first, but I figure that it'll get boring after some time.

Nevertheless still good to get people interested in the DS Lite as it's quite useful to showcase the DS's abilities such as voice and touchscreen controls.

I liked Top Spin for the Xbox. Top Spin 2 for Xbox 360 is 'bout the same thing, so I didn't really bother with it. The DS version is absolute crap. Get Virtua Tennis for the PSP instead. The framerate seems sluggish, and the gameplay is boring.

This is a quirky, fun game. It's one of those games where you don't have a specific goal, but just play the game for fun. Animal Crossing puts you in this little town whereby you can spend hours decorating and do chores like fishing or running errands for people. It's like Harvest Moon without the farming. It's unique as things in the game happen in real-time, that is, when you play at 11PM, the skies are dark and the shops are closed. Certain events will happen in the morning and some at night. There are even different seasons for different times of the year.

In short, it's a game that's designed to keep you playing for months.

Feeling kinda tired from playing whole day today. It's finally the weekends. Ugh blogging at night makes my posts appear incoherent... Shall write up more mini-reviews of other games that I have.

Anyway, New Super Mario Bros. is probably one of the best games I've played in a while. Not only is the single-player mode immensely fun and addictive, the multiplayer minigames and Mario VS Luigi are extremely insane. My friend and I were laughing our heads off in Burger King while playing. It is splendid. Just as I anticpiated in my blog a few months ago.

Naturally the hippopotamus got it. Don't know how it can live with itself. If I were it I wouldn't last 5 minutes from when I wake up, because I'll have to wake up, brush teeth and see my reflection in the mirror. Wah lau I think that's quite sad. Very disturbing to think of also. At least it's lucky cause as long as it doesn't look into the mirror, the ones that suffer are the ones who see him on an almost daily basis. I was prepared that HC will have very few eye-candies, but this is just torture for the eyes. Sigh.

Wiiiiiiii

2006-07-28T00:26:00.000+08:00

I've got screwed up priorities.

Instead of worrying that there's a Bio test tomorrow that I'll flunk even worse than my BT2 since I found my notes at only 10.30PM and have since slacked all the way till now (throw in a couple of online Mario Kart games... which I LOST! Man can go and die liao la suck at gaming and studies. To my credit it was the first time I was playing that game. I have too many games liao la haha), I get frustrated over all the details that really are super bo liao.

Like, I still think that it's such a bad thing that electronics come in black and white. Choose which one? Now that I've got a white DS Lite I think I should have gone for the black one instead. Then I will observe the scratches I made recently to my nice PowerBook, even though it wouldn't be obvious to other people... And I will wonder when will a phone that fits my needs come along. I want stuff like a touchscreen, WiFi and a nice camera... And of course it must be uncommon.

Then again the shameless hippopotamus will probably buy the same phone la. I think it's damn rich la. Probably cause it eat less so it can save on A LOT of money, I reckon. But too bad fat heads remain bout the same size la. Look at Olinda! Haha. What a waste since it should be able to reduce its head size to more accurately reflect its brainlessness.

Aiya even its "lovely clique" thinks that it is hippopotamus see hippopotamus do la. Anyway the last time I checked the dictionary, clique means an exclusive group of friends leh. More like it's being excluded la, haha.

Oh, as per title.

Wii Wii Wii Wii Wii...

If this comes out before A Levels I am dead.

Fanboyism

2006-07-23T21:05:00.000+08:00

Fanboy or fanboi is a term used to describe an individual (usually male, though the feminine version fangirl may be used for females) who is utterly devoted to a single subject or hobby, often to the point where it is considered an obsession. - WikiPedia article on "Fanboy"

I declare myself a Nintendo fanboy! The DS Lite is the chioest game console I've ever seen, the GameBoy Micro is damn cute, and the Nintendo Wii is plain sexy.

I'd love to see Apple merge with Nintendo so I can just worship one single entity and sell my soul to it! Wahaha!

GameBoy Micro. (Turn your speakers down, the music is loud.)

So cute. Could I resist? But I'm broke ;_;

Racial Harmony Day

2006-07-21T23:59:00.000+08:00

Or no one gives a shit. There's no such thing as social cohesion in Singapore anyway. You have the Christians calling the police over a few cartoons on a guy's blog on grounds of Sedition while it's perfectly alright for homophobic hate speech to be posted all over in forums without moderation.

But well it's Jong's day, since he's half Malay and Indian. That's harmony right there. Well until Tiffany crossed arms with the other guy during the fashion show during CT session of course. I think he knocked that guy out using his big-ass camera afterwards.

Anyway it was fun today! I love Fridays. The only thing to worry about is staying awake during 1.5 hours of Biology lecture. ~~Mrs..~~ The lecturer dared us to sleep during her lecture, and I did! In fact I sleep during her lectures all the time.. She does a good job with intimidation, but carrying out threats is another matter. Expert sleepers don't get caught.

1.5 hours of Maths lecture is another one and a half hours to catch up on sleep! Then we had PE where Shuli ran 2.4 and passed! She even lapped the ignoramus by 2 rounds. See what I mean when I said no balls? Let's repeat that for good meausre - No balls. Shuli was great cause she kept running even though she was very tired. Then Chen Lu provided a driving factor by being Pacman and threatening to eat Shuli. Priscilla was being a cheerleader, again. Someone need to pass her pom-poms.

Lalalala life is wonderful! I want more music! Let's fill the 30GB sucker up till the next iPod arrives from the living god Steve Jobs!

Haha blogging at midnight makes me a little high.

Return of the King

2006-07-20T23:13:00.000+08:00

The almighty PowerBook has returned to govern my electronic room, of which a new member has joined its ranks! The iPod feels threatened, but firmly holds onto its power. However this new member has more tricks up his sleeves...

Bloody hell how long does it take for a package to fly over from Macau?

Well you'd think someone would actually speak for itself should it really be innocent. Just goes to show whatever I said was true. Wouldn't call it a girl - that would be degrading to the fairer gender. Eunuch would fit the bill but an eunuch was a man before, in this case I'm not quite sure. Haha Johnny Depp! "Snip snip!"

No balls. Best quote from Desperate Housewives.

No balls.

On top of having no brain and no friends. Oh probably a few who treat you as an amusing clown and bitch bout you online (ahh the chat logs I have).

Well of course my words are demeaning, since this ignoramus stepped on my toe (It hurts a lot kay? Very heavy), but it still is the reality - I'm actually doing it good by pointing out what's real. But then again perhaps ignorance is bliss eh? So it's sticking its head into the sand like a ostrich.

Ignoramus is probably the best English word. Ignorant + hippopotamus. The guy who created this word probably seen this thing from my class before. No wonder.

My PowerBook is back... All hail.

The Colour Dichotomy

2006-07-18T20:23:00.000+08:00

Trend-setting Apple brought about the emergence of nice, white devices - a breakaway from the standard silver or black electronics have always came in.

Lately with the iPod nano, iPod and then most recently the MacBook it seems that black is back. Apple is now introducing its stuff in black alongside with the conventional white models. Apple certainly has been rather adventurous of late depsite its middle-age (it's thirty!) status, and along with it other manufacturers have been notably influenced.

White is good; is black better?

More like a monochromatic dilemma isn't it?

So is it white or black? For the record I have a black PSP and a white iPod. I feel like getting the white PSP and the black iPod. As in, having both colours of the same device. Spendthrift I am, if I had the money to burn.

No Michael Jackson jokes please.

Oh, the poor rat

2006-07-17T22:30:00.000+08:00

Dissection was hahaha. Not a vivisection as I thought.

Photos when my PowerBook returns.

Later.

Even the best falls down sometimes

2006-07-17T21:42:00.000+08:00

I just watched Dead Man's Chest with Jer just now. Hahaha, I should really get the DVD of the first movie. ARHHH!!

Can't stand watching in cinemas liao. The audience more than likely has a screwed sense of humour and laugh at the not funny parts and don't get the more subtle and humourous jokes.

And people in the cinmea try to be smart-asses all the time. When I'm watching Revolutions I don't need anyone to shout SMITH when he comes on screen. I know who he is, I watched the Matrix more times than said irritating person watched that overrated Titanic. And I don't need anyone to exclaim OOHH-LAAN-DOH Bloom when his character comes onscreen.

Anyway, good hair day. Lalalala. Not in school though, can't possibly style my hair properly in the morning when I'm late half the time already, and my hair dryer is spoilt.

Sent my PowerBook in for repair. Yes, how high the mighty has fallen. Anyway it's just a minor hard disk replacement job that should have been done 2 months ago, just that I managed to keep it running with an external hard disk.

So now I'm stuck with my 3-year old Windows. I shall christen this day as the Mac Appreciation Day. Or week even, depending on how fast the beaucratic service centre does their magic. I'm sure they could handle it in under 20 minutes with no problem, but you know how service centres are. Irritating. Well, have to get used to using sucky Windows on a small monitor for a while. How can one appreciate the finer things in life without all the sucky stuff?

Oh went to Ikea too. Need to do some refurnishing. My room is still ugly, despite being teched up recently. Now to take care of the furniture side of things.

To Kill An Obese Pig

2006-07-15T23:47:00.000+08:00

Looks like some people decided to shamelessly give out socks to people who didn't receive my iPod socks last Christmas. Well it was seemingly a kind gesture until you actually see the ugliness of the socks this shithead gave out. Ugh. No bias either, I was wondering, what ugly thing is that and the victim receiving the sock said it's from him. No wonder. This incident, again, proves quite simply the nature of this shithead - no opinion, no taste. Really, how pathetic and shameless can some people get?

Perhaps I'm like some superstar to some people, hence the idolization. I didn't even adopt this term; people (read: more than one) were telling me that I'm being idolized. I rather not man, if it's by something so disgusting.

Seems like there's more people than even I expected detesting this mud-rolling creature. Anyway interesting fact, pigs don't sweat, but I can't say the same of this one. Yucks. Even one of the nicest guy in class is disturbed by the pig leh. But I think he's too nice to show it openly la, unlike me. Hahaha I'm very evil but I just provide reality checks for people who need to seriously reconsider the term "relatively few" since he's has about the most people who detest him next to the one with the scary girlfriend.

Appears that people I detest are spontaneously disliked by my classmates. I think it's cause they're truly detestable. Sad things.

Anyway this is Wolverine, or Hugh Jackman.

Check out those ripped biceps.

Maybe it's still isn't clear to deluded people.

A topless pic of Hugh Jackman. Not the best I could find, but far better than those claiming to be like him.

Maybe he meant he's something like Blob. After all Blob is resistant to injuries much like how he is impervious to reality checks and has no sense of shame. I'm sorry, though, that Blob might be an underrepresentation of the real blob of a person I'm talking about.

So. Damn. Chio.

2006-07-15T01:00:00.000+08:00

SO DAMN BLOODY CHIO!!!!

77,777 sets in the whole wide world with unique serial number on the keychain. Wah if I got I will take out the pendant from the keychain and wear it like a dog tag!

That is if I can even bear with the idea of wearing it around my neck. What if my sweat CORRODES the thing?! HELL NO. It shall remain in a air-vacuumed glass display case for the rest of my life. And when I'm on my death bed I'll hold it to my heart and stroke it.

Oh man oh man oh man I have to get this it's the FF7 game! LOOK AT THE DISC ART. LOOK AT IT. IT'S A THING OF BEAUTY.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

It's so damn expensive and quite difficult to get. S$500-600 plus la. It'd be my most extravagant of frivolous purchases... But it's so pretty! Why am I broke? *cries*

BT2

2006-07-12T22:06:00.000+08:00

I was reading through some of my older entries and I realized a year ago I got 30/100 for my Maths block test. Haha this year I'm proud to report that I've gotten 31/100. An improvement despite more topics being tested okay?

I got 47.5/110 for Chem and I'm damn happy already. Translates to 43.2% (haha 0.2% a lot okay) and according to Mrs Chan new passing grade for the school is revised to 45%. Okay la almost got E.

GP is 64/100. The higher you score the more niao you will get and you'll keep saying things like "ahhh one more mark". But since I'm quite used to getting 20+ marks under the passing grade 1 or 2 marks become quite trivial la. Although I did go get 1 mark to get 64 from 63 la.. Rightfully mine anyway not like I try to squeeze it out.

Okay I realized a year ago my entries were interesting, to say the least, to read. I think now quite boring but then again a year ago I didn't have my Xbox 360. Haha.

Which reminds me I was supposed to play throughout this afternoon so that I won't take a nap and continue screwing up my sleeping habits but I failed! Not a single achievement either. Okay this game quite hard to get achievements. Proof. (Maybe you have to sign in to something but nevr mind I shall list the stuff here) 100 headshots! Fair enough 100 seems like a good number. But one freakin' thousand? That's not enough they want me to play 1000 games each of different game types. They also want me to kill people in various ways other than headshots, like using my bare fists or using a sniper rifle. And yes all require 1000 to get unlock the achievement which gives so little points.

Maybe I shouldn't be too concerned over my Gamerpoints when I'm rather nonchalant bout my block test marks. Haha.

Ah whatever I shall play a bit and try to sleep early.

Soccer, the most..

2006-07-10T02:43:00.000+08:00

Overrated sport.

But hey if it gets us a later time for school to start, why not?

BUT IT'LL BE A COLD DAY IN HELL BEFORE HC GIVES US SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

CHOCOLATE

2006-07-08T03:12:00.000+08:00

Oh I almost forgot, the whole's biggest KIT KAT!

It's on display at Plaza Sing, and it'll give you serious chocolate cravings. It's 2.68 tonnes of chocolate! Calculate away, Xuanyi! It is also your only hope to revert back to human. That is you need to eat the whole thing to reverse being an extra acting as a skeleton in Pirates of the Caribbean. Don't let those movie producers skimp on the CGI since they need none to change you into a skeleton. Hahaha I should probably sleep now!

Millions of people will die!

2006-07-08T02:20:00.000+08:00

BILLIONS!

Haha I'm not familiar with Lex Luther but after seeing the movie I'm a fan already. Just watched Superman with hmm.. like-minded guys, Jeremy and Brian. An enjoyable movie, though a itsy bitsy too draggy (probably cause I needed to go toilet). The "I thought there were 2 dogs" was just.. Wow. Haha.

We celebrated Jer's birthday and paid for his movie tickets, his dinner. And even supper at Swensens. Just came back dead tired. Self-proclaimed guai boys don't want to go clubbing.

Jer was damn happy about a special someone eh? Make me freakin' envious.

Anyway some people just refuse reality checks. Perhaps shithead is really an apt term. Despite having such a big round head.. Okay mental image of Doctor Robotnik. Wah really look like leh! Okay despite having a big head I really doubt there's anything inside. Quite apparent in GP lesson. Apple, red. Err apple sweet, nice to eat. Hahaha as retarded as it can get man.. Get a friggin' clue! I think being a GP teacher is so tough when you get total airheads - worse, shitheads, like that.

Awfully pathetic. Over the past year, and even more recently, I've had some pity. Especially since gmail stores all my emails and I have this particularly disturbing one that I recently read again (ugh). But I guess some people just ask for it. You can't walk properly and bump into me as a result, probably another reason why you should make a beep beep beep sound like heavy vehicles do when they reverse, and I'm the one spoiling your mood? Perhaps it's cause people seem to ignore you eh? You're an absolute eyesore and you are disturbing. Period. Agreement of several other people without even prior bitching. How sad is that?

In other news - poor Mr. Brown. Too bad he isn't setting up a PayPal account to accept donations... I have bout US$10 stashed on a PayPal account that I don't really have much use for. Our press is 147th out of 167, people. Wake up and smell the crap... Is everyone almost (quite near impossible to reach that unless you're mental issues, seriously, in all good will I suggest he get a shrink) as empty-headed as the shithead?

My Theory of Monetary Value, Happiness and Age Relativity

2006-07-06T01:05:00.000+08:00

It's simple and logical, and best of all you'll feel better when spending your money now.

See, remember when you were Primary One and $2 was probably the value of $50 now? Logically you'd be much happy spending that $2 when you were a Primary One kid than spending it now right?

As age and therefore income increases, the same amount of money gets you less happiness.

So why bother holding back on spending that $50 now when it's going to be almost negligible when you're grown up? You'd say that if you don't spend a lot of $50s and save you'll get a few hundred dollars that can be then helpful when you're working. That's about the same as you, as a Primary One kid, saving all the $2s then and accumulating maybe a $50 now. You would then have sacrificed an arbitrary 25 units of happiness for just 1 unit now leh.

Well of course as age increases to a certain limit, with most people income increase will also gradually decline. And of course this is all assuming that your income will increase and happiness is homogenous at all ages.

But it's still a great, applicable theory. If only I was this smart in Primary One, I'd be such a happy boy spending all my coins. Hm, wait. I think I did.

Man in future I'd be hated by Economics students world-wide once Wee's Law gets written into examination syllabus. But I figure it'd be easy to study so they'll love me! Ahahah I should probably sleep now!

My room is just short of a minifridge and a toilet

2006-07-04T22:08:00.000+08:00

Today Chen Lu was supposed to poison CSG™ by cooking for us spaghetti but Pris' mama fell sick so Pris had to cook whatever parts of Ashley she didn't eat into soup for her mama so they didn't come my house today. I bet Shuli very happy cause she can play Sims the whole day with her ugly Sim who wears Chanel sunglasses.

So I made full use of my latest and greatest purchases to enjoy the last day before it's back to normal curriculum. I've had enough holidays to know that no matter how it may seem to be a nice change to go back to school after slacking for so long, you'll soon know that being bored out of your mind staying at home beats going to school.

Not that I get bored staying at home. =p

Today my right thumb ached. You'd expect playing games and using computers extensively for a decade makes your thumb used to it. Maybe it's precisely because of that my thumb is acting up. Maybe I'll get arthritis. YAY! Then I can't write! So I shall get long-term MC like Priscilla, except this one is for studies and I shall come only for PE, and I have to rest at home and play games with my sore thumb. Well I did that anyway, after a while the soreness was gone. Video games are the only reason why we humans have opposable thumbs.

I played the 3rd game that came with my 360, Perfect Dark Zero. Within minutes I had motion sickness, and like all real men, I played some more! Eventually I got over it. It's quite fun playing online, if you could ignore friendly-firing team-mates and stupid people talking on the headset. I think it's a great idea that they use a mic/headset for communication since there's no keyboard, but it's pretty weird when it comes to talking to American teen males you don't know.

*thick American accent*
"Where ya from?"

*best English speaking voice *
"Singapore."

"Huh?"

"Sing-a-pore."

"What?"

"ASIA!"

"Oh, you're Asian?! Cool."

He probably thinks we don't speak English.

Afterwards I decided to watch my Advent Children! This time in English. It's a little weird with the English voiceovers, probably because I watched the one in Japanese first. But it's still a great movie... CGI eye candy through and through. I cranked the volume of my speakers to 30. This movie does justice to my speakers and vice versa. All the battle scenes and great music. I felt like I was in a cinema. Well minus the popcorn, noisy people, handphone lights... And I get to control the temperature (my optimal temperature is 25-26 degrees celcius), pause the movie for toilet breaks and get to enjoy it from the luxury of my queen-sized bed!

Of course, some words of wisdom

2006-07-04T01:15:00.000+08:00

Even if I'm not going tomorrow, there will still be people there that find you absolutely irksome - trust me, I know. Acting like a clown and a yesman ain't gonna make you any more likeable, because you're not much different from the other person you so disdain. Well except you won't get a girl like him of course.

Reality, face up.

Though I must remember that some people takes time to get things through that thick skull of theirs'. Why do I bother wasting my breath anyway?

Wednesday's gonna be so sickening.

Final Fantasy

2006-07-03T21:50:00.000+08:00

Okay so I went around a bit to shop for some nice DVDs to enjoy on my new room theatre. Ahh grown-up toys are an inevitable sign of beckoning adulthood. I still remember being chided by my mum for a Lego submarine or huge Mighty Max structure.

Anyway I was going to get King Kong, then I saw Pirates of the Silicon Valley, toyed with the idea of getting DVDs of movies I had in VCD format like Matrix, X-men and Spider-man, then realized it's quite a waste of money. What my friend said is true - I cringe over spending tens of dollars, but have no qualms spending hundreds. Well perhaps it's cause I have no more tens of dollars after spending my hundreds. Tens of dollars add up quickly to form hundreds of dollars that can buy more substantial bits of gadgetry.

I finally settled on, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, not that I haven't watched it, but the DVD version (that will look and sound oh-so-good on my system) with the English voice-overs and special features are too much to resist.

Man, one of the other reasons I bought it was because it has such nice art on its box. The back especially. I wonder how most other game/movie publisher screw things up with box art. You know how game pirates take the effort to copy the front and back covers for games they copy? I always thought that the back cover, especially, was lousy because it was pieced together by pirates.

Okay.. Shall save it for a rainy day when I have nothing to do. Probably tomorrow. Haha.

Today we went KTV.

I thought meaningless, random videos of scenery were bad enough for those unlicensed English songs they have at KTV lounges. This one win liao can.

Underwood will choke, die and go heaven if she sees this.

Aural pleasure

2006-07-02T20:36:00.000+08:00

Oooh kinky, more ~~cardbox~~ cardboard box madness.

Two boxes! With one bigger than the Dell box a couple of days ago. What could it be?

What's the next rational (well according to Econs, I am) purchase after an Xbox 360 and a Dell monitor that doesn't output sound? Speakers, of course.

Well, it may be extravagant to some, but I wouldn't be dealing with wired speakers if I were rich. Ahh wireless speakers... Such a distant dream. I'm relatively deprived. =(

Anyway Ben was in his being nice mood or something, cause he drove me from Audio House back to my house, making lugging 10kg worth of speakers a breeze. Then he helped me set up the surround sound system, since he had the experience after buying a home theatre system on impulse. Like, who the hell buys a home theatre on impulse? I think his craziness has been rubbing off onto me since I knew him 3 years back over a stupid handphone forum.. Haha those were the days.

And he's still carrying 3 phones with him and changing every now and then. Then again if you had friends like him who could get him phones at fantastic discounts (can anyone say $100 for a Z800) or do stuff like changing his black W800i to a new white one so he could sell it off as brand new? Let's just say he has certain connections I might want to be using rather soon.

Okay back to the speakers.

What I got was a Pioneer HTZ333, which I took certain lengths to get as it is an old model going to be replaced by a new model. New means better right? Well Pioneer decides otherwise and the new model is seriously stripped of important features such as the ability to connect it to my Xbox. I must have been very lucky that day, because not only did I avoid certain death and picked up money, I managed to stop myself from wasting half a grand on a set of speakers I'll have little use for.

Anyway, the HTZ333 is called "home theatre in a box". Basaically meansa budget home theatre system, but it works for me, especially since I'm using it for my room. Particularly note-wothy is its down-firing subwoofer whereby the bass is fired onto and spreaks via the floor, resulting in the room to permeate with bass. I expect neighbours to complain soon.

Front-right speaker. I'll make-do until I manage to get them wall-mounted. My room's in a mess anyway.

I knew I chose the right bedframe. Rear speakers fit there nicely. I'm not so sure I chose the right bedsheet. It was supposed to be beige, or so the er.. bedsheet woman said.

Left-right speaker, and subwoofer. The subwoofer is surprisingly light at 7kg. But it is surprisingly powerful.

Centre speaker.

I'm happy with the purchase. With it I know if any darn bears or minotaurs is gonna backstab me while I'm minding my own business killing bandits, feel like I'm in the tennis court while playing Top Spin 2 (which doesn't improve much from the first Top Spin) and get the full impact out of each punch Constantine delivers to Belthazaar with his holy gold knuckles. Like sex for the ears.

A breather

2006-07-02T02:11:00.000+08:00

Blocks is finally over and there's bout 3 days left for me to slack like anything - a luxury probably unkown in the near future. It's so great to have these few days whereby you can really do whatever you want without having to worry bout anything at all.

Weird thing is, I don't feel like playing my Xbox. Heh.

More into watching videos and DVDs now. Speaking of which I wanna buy King Kong. That is if no one can lend me. Anyone?

Anyway my room theatre is complete. Pics tomorrow. =p

Hopefully an end to a burst of extravagance.

Lucky day.. Or not?

2006-06-30T22:44:00.000+08:00

Today I got onto a bus and saw a seat, that was some reason very inviting, and went over. On the seat was $1.25!

As I took it I was recalling this stupid True Singapore Ghost Stories about how this guy picked up money and that's cursed or something. But then hor he picked up $50 okay. This one only $1+ what.

Then there's this stupid road, that has two lanes and is divided by some concrete kerb in between separating the two lanes, so nturally I assumed it was a two-direction road. So when I see a car moving from the left of the further half of the road, I instinctively looked to the right to see if there's any cars coming.

No cars. And then I walked. One more step I would have been crushed under the lorry which was moving quite fast. Ironically, if it wasn't that fast I might have been hit. The lorry didn't horn or anything cause it seemed as though I stopped. But I knew otherwise, and a girl happened to notice that I almost lost my life. She looked at me and I gave a wow-I-almost-died-look.

Now I know why they get you to look left and right before crossing. Oh and it's a good idea to take off your in-ear earphones while crossing roads (especially jaywalking! Heh).

But then ar, why need to look left, look right and then look left one more time leh?

Apple in-ear earphones

2006-06-29T23:44:00.000+08:00

Okay I didn't play my 360 on my Dell yet cause of some issues with the Component input of the Dell 2407. Well I can see the images, but they are not as sharp as I'd like. Okay granted it's much better than a non-HD TV, but if I wanted sub-par performance I wouldn't have bothered with high definition. More than likely it's a bug, and I hope Dell gets their act together on an otherwise great monitor.

Oh my, don't you guys realize that's a Microsoft AND a Dell product? Better start going back to my Apple safety zone.

Apple in-ear earphones. I've had ~~these~~ this (singular hor?) for a few weeks now and I'm quite impressed by its sound quality. The Apple in-ear earphones is a pair of low-end in-ear earphones that retails for bout $68. Being a good boy I got them online for $63.

In-ear earphones are wondeful! It blocks off external noise so that you can listen to only your music. The Apple in-ears are obviously aren't as good as the more expensive Shures or Westones, and it might even be inferior to Sony's or Creative's offerings, but since I'm no audiophile it sounds great to me, and it's the chioest in-ears around. A caveat though, Apple in-ears are practically unwearable out-of-box, and so I've bought some Shure E2C ear tips ($6) as shown in the picture above. It's a good fit for the in-ears.

There's also a S$200 service whereby impressions of your ears are done, and made into ear tips for in-ear headphones. Now that's hardcore. I'll save that till I have a job.

Okay on to more interesting stuffs, I've watched the HD trailer for Spider-man 3 at apple.com/trailers.

Oooh.. Spidey's having alien trouble. Villians this time round includes Harry Osborne and the Sandman! Lucky for the Sandman, I don't really like The Green Globin and just putting Osborne on the glider will be too similar.

My take for the 4th movie - Eddie Brock aka Venom - the ultimate Spidey villian, will face off with Spider-man and the movie will be hyped up as the movie to end all Spider-man movies... Until the 5th one comes out that is. It makes sense since that symbiote, that alien thingy, will form Venom with Eddie Brock. Then for the fifth movie we can have Carnage, and Venom and Spidey take him down together! Woohoo I'm a genius.

Edit: Hmmm... it seems Venom will be coming in a hurry.. Spider-man 3 is going to feature him? Not in the trailer I've seen. Maybe just him in his human form to set up for the forth.

What? Kirsten Dunst not wanting to take more movies? Kill her off! Let's make it opposite of the comics so that Parker's first girlfriend isn't killed and instead we have Dunst DEAD! Hahahah.

Certainly wouldn't be the highest number we'll see.

I'll be waiting!

I can see many pixels, they are everywhere

2006-06-28T17:46:00.000+08:00

As usual our story starts with an ring of the doorbell and the delivery of a much anticpated package.

This time it's a big one. A HUGE one.

I grabbed the nearest pair of keys and started to cut open the box.

The stand. It's big. It takes up a good amount of the coffee table.

The screen. It's big. It's about 2.5 A4-sized paper placed next to each other.

Ha it says here that you need a set of twins (okay two people) to move this thing. That damn thing is bout 25% of my weight and I moved it by myself.

Vertical? No problemo... No more scrolling through lengthy blog photo posts. Bring it on, Xiaxue.

Unmasking... Takes a lot of effort to pull the protective sheet off across the whole wide screen okay...

Unmasked.

Oh, of course a mini VGA to VGA or mini DVI to DVI adaptor required to hook up my PowerBook to the monitor... Haha still remember the dumbass who dunno how to use his Mac at all during Project Work? I hate Mac poseurs who know nuts bout computers and think they're cool just for using them.

My Matrix screensaver... Looks way better in real life since my 1.3MP phone camera is really getting dated now. Might be time to get a digital camera so I can view big-ass photos on my screen. =D

My wallpaper... Which doesn't look too bad when it's stretched to 1920x1200.

Oh and my screen is just positioned on a little tabletop facing my bed. I'm sure as hell a lucky kid to have a display right in front of my bed. I can control my Mac using Bluetooth via my trusty S700i! Bet the poseur gonna try it out.

You make me feel like I can fly, so high! EEEEH LEEE VAY SHEN!

Now a peek at my desktop. Happy scrolling through the large pic. =)

Click pic to enlarge.

Using it with Exposé really, really, really, really rocks.

Usually I'd have taken lots of time trying to get the photos together, uploading and what not for such a post, but it's been greatly made efficient by the screen estate. Photobucket on one side, blogger on the other.

Ahhh darn that delivery man... delivered at 4 when he said 6. Now I'm going to fail Bio. Well at least the monitor saved me from typing some lengthy post about why Mathematics is irrelevent and an utterly sucky subject.

More tomorrow. 360's gonna make a comeback. =p

Garggh

2006-06-27T22:39:00.000+08:00

Chemistry.. Chemistry.. If I studied a little harder, I *might* have passed... If I studied a lot more, I could have gotten a D (which would be the highest I have scored in a test thus far). If my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle.

Argh.. Chemistry was the only subject that I could ever dream of passing, at least, and not fail miserably. I think I concentrated a tad too much on organic chem.

And right now I have this drive to work hard for prelims. But would my parents and teachers let up on the nagging and believe that I really will focus on my studies for prelims and the A levels? Sadly to say I don't quite believe it either. Chronic procrastination, if you will. Attention span of a 2-year old when it comes to studies.

Sad, sad situation.

Then again it's just studies what. Yeah I'm belittling my academics again... Way to go.. Blog when you should be desperately studying Maths.

Argh. As usual.. I hope the paper will be very easy that even the most diehard slacker, yours truly, can pass, or so difficult that even muggers will cringe in despair. Then again muggers will cringe in despair cause they won't be able to get that A*** or something. I'm not too familiar with grades above E. And since it's HC I'm in, the paper will never be easy.

In a short and sweet phrase, said without much pessimism, I'm screwed.

WHO CARES! DELL SCREEN COMES TOMORROW! WOOT. Let's clock 100 hours of Oblivion before my parents murder me with a blunt butter knife!

One down

2006-06-26T22:46:00.000+08:00

Just 3 more days to the end of blocks!

Haha, GP was just heck and anyhow write! The invigilator kept rubbing himself... His arms la, it was cold but he a bit kua zhang can, make a lot of noise with his, er, rubbing.

I had insomnia last night. Slept at 4AM. I tried everything to fall asleep... er warm milk, listening to soothing music... I even studied Maths which shockingly did not work. On the bright side I've memorized trigo formulas. Eventually I fell asleep for what seemed like 3 minutes and woke up to my alarm.

Not sleeping makes me energetic! Haha!

Let's watch Superman Returns on Thursday leh.. It's a good movie! After all, Cyclops died to act in that movie, literally. Bryan Singer rocks! Hope he goes back to Xmen and direct X4. X3 was (only) okay... Just isn't same without him.

Wah I kena blocked leh

2006-06-25T18:27:00.000+08:00

I find it amusingly ironic that some people block me on MSN recently after I made it awfully clear that I wasn't ever going to talk to them about a year ago.

Haha. Some people are just slow.

Sorry, my 360

2006-06-25T12:41:00.000+08:00

But I have to study a bit to prevent you from being thrown down 4 storeys and smashed into smithereens should I flunk my block tests as badly as my last.

Then again I might as well enjoy you now in your last days.

Hmm.

I lost my controller

2006-06-24T02:43:00.000+08:00

My controller to my LIFE. I think I have no self-control at all. Slacking every minute away and giving in to basic human impulses and getting into stupid relationships (or flings perhaps).. Okay the latter is a story for another day... to closer friends. Haha.

Today, like all other days, I told myself to wake up... Wake up and study for crying out loud.

But as I mentally slapped myself and got to studying, this thought came into my mind: It's just blocks. What the fuck la. I think I have an alter-ego talking to me inside my mind telling me to slack. Although it can't be my alter-ego if we both slack. Then again maybe it's the alter-ego's fault that I'm slacking.

I digress.

Anyway shortly after that thought, another more interesting relevation struck me - I can retake A Levels during NS!

Argh. 3AM now and I told myself I'd sleep early today. What is wrong with me?!

Can't buy me love

2006-06-22T23:55:00.000+08:00

Edited: Fixed the Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom pic (doh! It was supposed to be animated) ... Enjoy =)

But money sure can buy me lots of other stuff.

Despite already burning, quite literally, a whole lot of money recently I still want to buy stuff.

Other than the home theatre surround sound speaker set that I'd, most probably, be buying after my display comes, there's the multi-functional and not bad looking Nokia N80. It is to date the most impressive Nokia phone I'd think. Hell it's one of the finest looking handsets I've seen for its price and feature set. A fairly incredible feat to achieve seeing how I've been staunchly against Nokia and inclined towards Sony Ericsson in the past.

The functions are awesome. An extremely high-resolution screen, for a device this size, of 352x416 pixels. That's close to the PSP's screen res, and even sharper than the P990 which features a touch screen. And there's that 3-megapixel camera with macro-mode which allows for close-ups of objects. One of the best features on this phone will probably be WiFI that allows you to wirelessly connect to the net via routers. Moreover it's based on the Symbian platform which makes it a smartphone on its own right, on top of all the other standard bells and whistles like a front camera for video calls you'd expect from a 3G phone nowadays.

It doesn't have any competitors in its class. Other than a large touch-screen it could pass as a PDA phone. This thing makes my previous desire the W900i look like a toy. Period. And it's cheaper. Sony Ericsson what are you thinking?

Ain't bad looking too. Typical Nokia executive look and comes in silver or black, although I favour the gorgeous matte black since I'm kinda tired of silver. It's a nice slider which is great since I like phones with movable parts. Another reason to change my phone since I don't think anyone in class has a slider phone yet, while 3 other people have gotten swivels making me no longer the only one with that unique form factor.

On the flipside there's no shield for the camera lens which will make me a tad more paranoid as it'll mean extra care required to keep the lens scratch-free. However the camera lens position and design of the back is much nicer than what Sony Ericsson has been showing recently with W900i and P990. Some weird bubble-like design that looks questionable and totally unstylish.

Okay it seems that I just had sex with the N80 with what I've written so far. Point is, I've reached 21 months of my current mobile subscription contract and have since lived with my current phone for 20 months, and the itch is back. Well at least this time it was 20 months in between relapse. At my "peak" I was changing phones every two months.

I'm not going to spend for the next few months.

Anyways, I found this online:

I hear the sound of Johnny Depp's and Orlando Bloom's fangirls shrieking in horror.

And no, I'd be earning big money with Photoshop if it was me who faked that gif. Shrugs, nothing like a few homoerotic scenes to make a truly great movie. Pirates of the Caribbean 2. I just made you anticipate this movie more right? Hahaha.

Btw, it's copy-hippopotamus, don't insult cats. Felines may be chubby but when I say I have a fat cat, I don't mean it's morbidly obese, so there. And no, hippo doesn't cut it cause it's usually refering to cute cartoonish hippos. Hippopotamus is more apt. Copy-hippopotamus. Just rolls off the tongue doesn't it.

Advertorial

2006-06-21T21:38:00.000+08:00

Companies should be hooking me up with product endorsements man. Like has anyone bought the LG Chocolate after reading Kenny Sia's blog? Or went on the cruise that Xiaxue advertised? But me, I have track record okay. By just using or even mere mentioning products on my blog, I've had people buying them, so it definitely makes sense to pay me to write advertorials instead.

The DS Lite is finally released in Singapore. Around S$275 for the set plus a bundled game with three-month warranty, I think. Dunno what Maxsoft is doing, losing business to importers and still only giving a three-month warranty. Besides I mentioned this some time back and people who read have already gotten it... Too little too late Maxsoft... Nintendo on the other hand has profited greatly from my legions of ardent fans that has since bought the Lite after being featured on my blog and is naming their next console after my surname.

I think that's great enough an incentive and that's why they're not giving me a set free. Hahaha. I wonder if I should get one. Meh come to think of it the speakers I'm wanting to buy can get me a DS Lite and several games. But surround sound... Xbox 360.. Room theatre. Okay surround sound it is. Anyway I think I only want to play Mario on the DS. Wonder if I can find *cough*emulator*cough cough*.

Creative just released some Zen V. Wonder if V is for vomit. Haha V for Vendetta against Apple is it? Haha I find this video clip absolutely hilarious. They have as little respect for their own products as I do.

Haiz, Creative.. From a company that put Singapore on the world map to a motto of "Plagiarizing Awesome Lor" and making Phat And Large players. I think I know how to help them though. I'll just buy some of their stocks! And watch the stock prices soar as ardent fans follow my lead. Then I can sell for a tidy profit and help Creative regain some lost ground.

Oh anyway I just had a haircut. It's nice. I shall make that guy my permanent hairstylist. He's a perfectionist and that's every bit a good thing when he's the one fussing over my hair. Woot. I'll tell my ardent fans where it is after they fix bigger problems like their face.

I noticed there's been a dearth of photos on my blog recently. =/ Partially due to blogger's irritating interface to embed pictures. Well photos promised when my Dell screen comes... Which is only coming next week. Some shortage it seems. Man I wonder if it has anything to do with mentioning it here. Their stock must have been snapped up. Damn.

Love sucks

2006-06-21T00:09:00.000+08:00

Man I just saw the hottest kissing scene on television, HK drama that is. Actually I haven't been seeing a lot of nice kissing scenes cause local dramas always have the actors in some dead liplock while Hollywood's ones are always so over the top, so maybe I'm kinda sua ku. Anyway I think there was some tongue involved, even.

Well certainly brings back memories. Of not so distant past. Days-old actually. >_>

I hate that it wouldn't again happen between us.

Edit: Ahh scratch that part bout hottest kissing scene. I obviously forgotten the best comes from Queer as Folk.

The [insert class of criminial] declined to comment

2006-06-20T11:53:00.000+08:00

Well only natural to keep mum when you rip people off.

Just like Gates and company wouldn't say anything if you point out how similar their next OS is to the current Mac OS X.

Or Ken Kutaragi wouldn't say that they ripped off Nintendo's new controller features for their own controller.

And Sim Wong Hoo would definitely be stumped if you presented him with facts about the iPod and his own wonderful MP3 players.

But that's just business. They can be called mercenary businessmen.

What some people (it certainly doesn't make sense to use some people to refer to me since my body weight is about one person, albeit a bit lighter than average) did was on the social level, if that's a correct term to use, and they can be called losers. It's quite apt.

And please, seh isn't a word that is associated with you at all unless there's a negative word in front of it like "not". Even better if that word was preceded by an intensifier like "completely". And even when you put "acting" you're still overrating yourself. I mean, if you try acting cute you'd probably cause everyone to be bulimic (which is what suicidal, depressed school grils usually do but you seem to be opposite of it. It refering to bulimia of course).

Well there's also the exception if seh is used to refer to a punch. I wonder if that'll knock any sense through that thick skull which has thicker skin to match.

Luckily there're inherent qualities that cannot quite be copied. Then again I wouldn't count on some people not to try and do so.

And sure, it'd be over. When you sing.

I'm Sorry

2006-06-19T12:23:00.000+08:00

I'm sorry for causing undue distress to people. You see I was abused when I was young and thus have a tendency to bully other people. As a child I loved the villians, ie. Shadow Master of Double Dragons, Shredder of Ninja Turtles, Lord Zedd of Power Rangers, Sephiroth of Final Fatansy VII... Okay you get the idea.

So you see with such a messed up background you can't blame me for lashing out at inferior people who buys things that I have or planning to buy out of years of pent-up frustration.

So sorry, I'll go away now.

Click for spoiler

jk, shithead. Well except for the "inferior people" part.
If I go away what cool stuff would your un-opinionated sad thing you call a brain think of getting?

Okay you can carry on sucking up to people so they'll call you "friend" now. I sure don't know anything. *RE* Oh it meant roll eyes. Ain't I cool for creating such witty acronyms cause it can also mean Resident Evil which means bad bad stuff. Whooaaaa.

Now it's back to being amusing. Haha. In the sense whereby you see a disgusting, dead, decomposing body but you can't help but to go and look at the maggots crawling all over, you know, just to see how disgusting it is.

Imitation's the best form of flattery

2006-06-18T15:55:00.000+08:00

Or probably the biggest insult.

At first I thought it was kinda amusing. Now it's outright irritating.

Although it's a sign that you have taste when people buy what you have or even, shockingly, what you have listed in your wishlist. Or perhaps the person just has no taste.

Still say other people act seh, at least he got people (however repulsive) like and he act seh in his own albeit distasteful way, shithead.

Cure for insomnia

2006-06-17T21:51:00.000+08:00

A few days ago I tried studying on my bed. Yes it's kinda a dumb thing to do since my bed is super comfortable. Minutes later, and I do mean minutes, I was concussed with earphones plugged into my ears and woke up an hour later.

Today I tried studying in the living room while sitting on the sofa and I promptly fell asleep as well.

Maybe next time when I decide there's nothing in this world living for I shall laminate my notes, bring it down to the swimming pool and start studying so that I'll drown. It'll probably work.

Anyway my stupid Xbox says that I never touch it. What lies. Dunno if it's due to it being some US timezone or what.

Hmm that's about it. Like Shuli I'm perpetually stuck at home struggling to not play my Xbox 360 while falling asleep trying to study and eventually playing my Xbox 360.

Troubled over nothing

2006-06-16T23:41:00.000+08:00

I can't explain why I feel this uneasiness and slight difficulty to breathe. It's said that three things bother guys - love, money and family/friends. I'll include studies since I'm quite essentially an underperformer. What a nice euphemism to use.

I'd say it's a combination of all the factors, but not one can I pick as a single major cause which is kinda frustrating since if you can't find the source of your troubles you can't really do anything bout it.

Ahh maybe I'll feel better come Monday when my big package arrives. Retail therapy works for me.

This sucks

2006-06-15T17:05:00.000+08:00

I just came back from a 2.5 hours stint finding a stupid place to study.

It failed miserably, even more so than my half-assed attempts at studying at home. Muggers are everywhere! Damn you education system, damn you. Places for mugging like community centres and libraries have not a place for a slacker like me. Why, why don't they give me a chance to study?

Now I'm obviously back at home and using my computer, one of the 2.3 billion distractions I have at home. You can remove all my worldly possessions like my iPod or my laptop and I'd play with my pens; needless to say what'll happen with the things around. Maybe I need to seek help for my studying-triggered attention deficit hyperactive disorder.

I've studied Nervous System, Kidney, Alkanes, Alkenes and Benezes so far and by "studied" I mean I vaguely scanned across the text. I think I'm giving up on Maths, again, for this coming block test. There's no hope for it. Not that there's much hope for the other subjects.

Have to study have to study have to study... Better don't spend so much time at the Arcane University cause enchanting weapons to kill minotaurs ain't an A Levels paper.

I'd feel bad paying for a pirated game that sucks

2006-06-14T02:29:00.000+08:00

Or wasting my time waiting for it to be downloaded for free in the first place.

But to spend $69.90 and find that it sucks? Oh man lucky I got Kameo together with the bundle thing and didn't pay for it. Then again I wouldn't have bought it if it didn't came with the bundle. IGN gave it a 8.4. Probably cause it was one of the few launch titles at the time the review was written. Gamespy gives it a 4/5. Man what the hell is wrong with them. It's like a platform game for kids, and then again it's a tad too complicated for young children.

Well maybe it's not really fair since I've spent less than 2 hours on it. Or maybe I played Oblivion first before anything else. But it's still quite a lousy game thus far. Thank Bethesda (giving credit where it's due... unlike a more frequently used expression) for Oblivion. It can single-handly justify the purchase of a Xbox 360. Think I've to think thrice and consult tarot cards on my next game purchase.

Until, of course, the friendly pirates manage to perform their magic on the 360.

Kameo

2006-06-14T01:25:00.000+08:00

I finally tore myself from Oblivion... Only to play one of the other games I have!

Oh anyway my Gamercard on the sidebar is witness to my everyday gaming. Yeah I'm SethBoy, because Seth was obviously taken already. Oh also check out my 360's blog. It tracks my gaming so if you're not Mrs. Foo or Ms. Chua feel free to visit it. Except it isn't quite working now.

Okay back to the grill.

BLASPHEMY

2006-06-12T16:30:00.000+08:00

I ORDERED SOMETHING FROM DELL.

THREE WEEKS DELIVERY THOSE BASTARDS; APPLE DELIVERS IN A WEEK.

Oh well. Saving $1100 takes time.

Still in Oblivion

2006-06-11T03:20:00.000+08:00

I've clocked bout 35 hours in Oblivion already, despite the power struggle over the TV Remote control, and I've barely scratched the surface of its thick gameplay. Today I spent lots of time collecting plants and herbs! I got kicked out of the Mages Guild cause I stole from a fellow member and the higher-ups at the Arcane University had a punishment worst than killing dozens of bandits at once. I had to find 20 of a particular FLOWER. If you only knew the size of the country and the variety of plants Oblivion offers... I learnt it the hard way. Everytime I saw the yellow stalk of flower I went dashing towards it whilst fighting off stupid boars and trolls.

And I did it on foot! My faithful albeit slow horse died today to a troll. That bastard. Killed it with a flame enchanted sword. Burn in Oblivion fucker. I left a few apples where the horse is. Figured it might like it. Haha. A horse costs 1000 gold leh... This one was given. Oh well, time to upgrade. Haha!

Anyway, was going to get an LCD TV that I wanted today, only to find out that I've confused it for another model of a cheaper price. It was so disappointing - going out eager to get a LCD TV only to find out that it's much more expensive than I thought it'd be. Seems like it's back to the Dell 24" monitor that I've been eyeing for months. If only Dell would fix its issues and speed up the delivery. By the time I get the Dell it'd be block friggin' test.

Then again the days after block tests would be the closest thing to after A-Levels. Precious days of pure, sweet gaming without studies. It'd be solid hours upon hours of gaming. I'm going to burn my handprints into the controller and finish its battery in a day. Okay maybe that's impossible... The battery part, that is. And the only reason is because it lasts 25 hours and seems to be running longer than that in my case. The 360 is probably the only Microsoft product to impress me. Their Xbox team did well in designing a console that's meant for gamers, instead of the dismal Xbox.

In other news, Leehom won Best Chinese Male Artiste. Woot. This time he can go up on stage for real unlike last year when he mistakenly thought it was him who won the award.

Going to sleep now. Shit la how to study finish...

Time Oblivion

2006-06-08T19:12:00.000+08:00

My workstation where I faithfully spend bout 8 hours in the afternoon. Overtime at 12-2AM. Stopping now cause my mum will Lightning Bolt me or stab me with a Steel Claymore then I'll have to Fire Bolt her, Soul Trap and then slay her to recharge my enchanted weapon charges. Yup.

Oh the TV's showing CNBC, not some scoreboard from a game I'm playing. My father wants the TV which explains why I actually stopped playing. Now I have to squeeze in some time to study which could be better used trying to get recommendations from the Mage Guilds so I can join the Arcane University. Again, it's damn ironic I'm always trying to get into universities in game at the risk of my real-life U admission.

Anyway this person just messaged me 20 TIMES asking me if I want to go to some conference with the education minister. Now, why the hell do I want to have anything to do with the person responsible for me not being able to learn new spells? Feel like replying the person 20 times NO I DO NOT WANT TO ATTEND AND LUNCH PROVIDED ISN'T MUCH OF AN INCENTIVE.

Three Sixty: Impressions

2006-06-05T19:09:00.000+08:00

Oh my god it rocks my socks.

Oblivion is crazily massive. After bout 40 minutes of introduction and getting out of a murky and dark sewer, the game throws you into the open and tells you the world is your oyster. I could literally breathe the fresh air after getting out of the gloomy tunnels. The high-definition certainly made everything look damn chio. Every wrinkle on the Emperor's face, every blade of grass. Next-generation gaming, man!

I stole someone's horse and guards were chasing me. For a moment it was like medieval Grand Theft Auto. There's different type of horses even, I think. How cool's that?

I think the other two games I got are irrelevant now. Oh I didn't mention in my last post that I was supposed to only get two games, but they gave me an extra game. Thanks for the $69.90... A drop in Gates' ocean. They almost included an extra wireless controller but they spotted it just before they gave me the package. Damn.

The wireless controller is rockin', though I keep thinking there's a wire and take extra care while slashing giant rats and stupid magicians who attack me for no reason. Hell I could throw my controller out of the window in excitement if I wanted. Kinda peeved that they didn't build in a wireless card for the 360 to go online. I hooked it up to my PowerBook and spent 3 hours tweaking some settings to get it to go online via my laptop's wireless connection.

Another point for concern is also how hot the Xbox 360 is. In all sense of the word. I have a fan pointed at it and its power brick. I wouldn't want to risk overheating it like numerous 360s have. I guess it's justified considering how it's a powerful computer in its own right and how they managed to get it into that attractive body.

I'm gonna go broke man. There're lots of things to buy for the 360. Games, accessories, even face plates to customise it, not to forget all the downloadable content to add on to your game... Like getting armour for your horse in Oblivion and new levels in games you've completed. How rich do you wanna get Bill?

Anyway I can't play now, which is the only reason why I'm blogging. I found out my mum is more hardcore than me - she can watch TV for hours on end without stopping. She watched at 5 and is planning to continue till 12. At any given time she is following the storyline of 6 to 7 drama serials la. Wah lau she win liao la, I can't even stand playing 2 RPGs at the same time.

That leaves me with 12-3AM. Wonder how much of the Oblivion world I can explore in that.

Three Sixty: Unboxing & Setup

2006-06-04T20:34:00.000+08:00

Today I took an innocent stroll (or rather squeezing through the crowds) around the PC Show on its last day. Man there's probably as many people as there were at a Worker's Party rally.

I saw Mr. Brown. Feeling friendly I shouted "MR BROWN" hoping we can talk more bout Dota and tur kua but he ignored me leh. I think he didn't hear or he too atas to reply. Anyway he was damn voyeur recording the people in the crowd squeezing past each other inappropriately with his N80 or something.

Anyhow I saw the promotional bundle for the 360 and got interested at the deal and one thing led to another. And in true fashion of mine here are the unboxing photos.

Box with swirly patterns!

Good deal, best deal, must deal man. $727 for bout $900 worth of stuff. 3 games, premium Xbox console package and rechargable battery plus charger.

Made to stand.

Wireless controller!!!! Probably the reason why I was so gian by the 360.

I wonder why they call it a power brick... Probably cause I could kill someone by smashing it across their cranium.

Woohoo start up! Reminiscent of my first Xbox startup, only now they changed most stuffs from black to white. Apple's the trendsetter man.

Charging the wireless controller which will soon be flying without wings.

High-definition, baby!

Disk tray, complete with "premium chrome plating". Mai siao siao.

Oblivion.

Oblivion of block test grades.

I'm rational

2006-06-04T00:02:00.000+08:00

Therefore I have unlimited wants, per Economics.

The trouble is scarcity (of money) applies much in my case. People falsely think that I have a lot of money which isn't quite true if they really did know bout my family fiances. Appearances can be and are deceiving.

Anyway the stuff that I want are really damn expensive, and when I want them I don't mean I wish for them in a whimsical manner - I really do want them. It's kinda scary, even to me sometimes. I know I shouldn't buy something but I buy it anyway. I can only hope I manage to get a decent enough job that can pay for my luxuries in future. People who know me know that I engage in retail therapy and it actually works, which isn't bad actually until you consider the costs.

Case in point, lately (actually it's been lingering in my mind all the while) I've been so into entertainment systems. Speakers, high-definition displays, consoles and the like. I can't wait to work, no matter how crappy work is, as long as I can get the cash to build something like this. May not be the best of systems, but it's clean and much better and neater than anything I have right now.

Argh realise I'm talking to myself now. I need a fellow geek friend to talk about electronic nirvana together. I was attempting to share with Ritz and he told me he was glad that he wasn't an electronic enthusiast.

My parents wish that I was still into changing handphones every now and then - it's probably cheaper than what I'm interested in nowadays.

ONS

2006-06-02T23:56:00.000+08:00

That kiss reminded me why I disliked smoking.

But it was nice enough. Though not meant to be. Oh well.

Desperate

2006-05-31T04:04:00.000+08:00

It's like 4AM now and I finished Season 2 of Desperate Housewives. I caved in and finished all the episodes and I'm going to die of withdrawal unless ABC rolls out Season 3. Donald Trump's funny hair isn't funny enough. Oh no.

The Da Vinci Code

2006-05-30T23:28:00.000+08:00

Watched it today with Chen Lu and Xuan Yi...

Too. Much. Information. For someone who actually understands the Architect in Matrix: Reloaded.

Well I guess it's cause it's a book-to-movie adaptation. I think I need to read the book.

Sir Ian McKellen got a role that suited him again, I guess. Magneto the visionary mutant cause he's a gay activist and Sir Leigh Teabing cause he's atheist. Err Teabing was against Christianity right? If I'm wrong then I probably wasted my time paying bout 95% to whatever they were talking about on screen. Really need to read the book to see what's the whole hype over it, besides the religious stuff. Doesn't take much to get those people in a rowdy mood... Cartoons and fiction, God knows what else.

Maybe saying somebody's name in vain in the previous line had already gotten some people in a frenzy.

Alright now I've watched X3 and Da Vinci... Need some other movie to get excited about.

Ughh

2006-05-29T20:07:00.000+08:00

Woke up from a nap with a bad dream again. Another violent one though it's not as scary or relevant to my life as the one I blogged about before, but I woke up feeling a bit apprehensive.

In the dream I stabbed this guy who had a man at gunpoint in a train. There were other people also and one of them had a gun but he couldn't have the time to raise his gun, aim and shoot before the guy killed his hostage. So I took a knife and plunged it right at the chin of the man and I still remember a little resistance were the bone of the chin was at, and as he in writhed in pain the other burly men around me started stabbing him with knives.

It was strangely familiar. Man I guess it was a deja vu within the dream itself. Interestingly I think the guy I stabbed looked a lot like an irritating contestant in Season 5 of The Apprentice, which I was watching till I dozed off. Make no mistake this season of The Apprentice is quite nice, so far. There's that Orlando Bloom look-alike and another guy who looks damn young but seems promising despite people not really paying much respect to him when he was project manager. I think he got quite far. Shall not spoil myself by going to NBC's web site.

Anyway it's just the start of the holidays and it's getting rather sickening already. Always happens I guess. What's worse is that this holiday I won't even be able to rot at home, which I'm quite happy to do now, in light of the upcoming tests that I have to pass. It is so bloody dumb that we have to focus ourselves for yet another meaningless set of papers that is utterly irrelevant once you're done with it.

Oh well so much for living every moment.

I have given up on getting people to go out or to come over my house. Firstly people don't want to and secondly I'm now uninterested in doing such things because I'm also affected by their disinterest already. It seems an attractive alternative to live off whatever Desperate Housewives and The Apprentice episodes I have while they last.

The awkwardness of dealing with people leaves staying at home alone a comfortable option.

Life's a charade. I guess not even having a twin would ensure you'd have someone to understand you.

"Since when did we become a disease?"

2006-05-28T23:53:00.000+08:00

There's been something that has been bugging me since watching X3.

Well might be spoilers but doesn't really affect the enjoyment of the movie... And who hasn't watched Last Stand yet?

Anyway it's about Rogue. Why the hell did she take the "cure"? So all the things the X-men have fought for and tried to establish, that mutancy is not a disease and mutants aren't freaks of nature, are all in naught. Sure Hank McCoy ("slave name" of Beast, gotta love Mystique) said something bout there's nothing cowardly in preventing oneself from discrimination and persecution, but I still thought that Rogue taking the cure just subtracts a lot of meaning from the film.

In Shrek both Shrek and the princess turned back to ogres even though they could stay human. That's what the films were trying to express - the acceptance of oneself.

I guess my friends were just concerned when they said things like wishing things would be different. It's okay cause they probably think it's a curse. I'm kinda past that stage even though it does make me sad and disgusted that people are so closed-minded. How ironic that the very same people probably love the mutants in the X-men mutants without really thinking about the parallels drawn between the mutants and the very minority groups that they despise.

I quote for the homophobes out there, Sir Ian McKellen, aka Magneto, "Fuck off, I'm gay."

Woot

2006-05-26T00:29:00.000+08:00

Today rocked.

By default, or perhaps the timetable, Thursday rocks except for the tutorial which involves lots of complicated equations seeking to find the answer to pressing questions like how many red and green balls will Sally pick from a jar. Luckily that was pleasantly avoided. [Insert obligatory Get Well Soon.] ;)

Chemistry tutorial was cancelled since Mrs. Chan had something on. No lessons at all for me! Wii!

Then off for Pepper Lunch we went before we watched X-men!

X-men was good. I wasn't that hot about it after watching, but it was good now that I think about it. Haha, I tend to dislike a movie initially before it becomes one of my favourites. I can't wait for the DVD.

Anyway today there were this bunch of guys in the row in front of us, but no I'm not gonna bitch about how they ruined the whole movie by making noises. We were distracted by them only once during the movie, and for once I didn't mind it at all cause it was kinda funny.

*spoiler*

When Xavier died and they were having the funeral for him, one of the guys in the row in front of us suddenly turned to his friend next to him and said, "Fuck! WHY ARE YOU CRYING?!"

*end spoiler*

It lightened up the mood after the somewhat shocking scene.

Anyway I don't understand why people must exit the cinema as though watching the credits will waste a lot of their time. I mean it's one thing to see Stan Lee in the movie and another to see him billed as the "waterhose guy". And of course there's always the chance of a post-credits scene, which there was.

Anyway (yes the 3rd time) I didn't quite like the directing of the movie. Some scenes were just too abrupt. Like the part where the chess piece moves? I was going to shout YES in anticipiation to my favourite mutant regaining his power when the scene showed the chess piece for bout 0.2 seconds. What the hell la. I had to confirm with Shuli that the chess piece did indeed move.

My torrent speeds have reached an all-time high today! To think I was enduring mediocre download speeds of 10-30 kbps. Now I think 50kbps is too slow!

Today is a rare day where everything was good and nice. Well except the white specks (read: NOT dandruff) on my hair thingy. That's the LAST TIME I ever use that type of wax again. I actually went home to wash my hair and restyled it with my safe wax and came back to school. So well at least I avoided looking like it was winter above my head for the whole day. Eew.

Hard Gay

2006-05-24T23:40:00.000+08:00

Haha for those who hasn't heard of him here's a link to start you off. More on good ol' YouTube.

Say say say say say say!!! OKAY!!! Hardo Geeiii!!!! HOOOOO! *thrusts hips*

For all those who are tired of Leehom

2006-05-23T22:48:00.000+08:00

All 0.064 of you... You now get to choose a different layout for my blog!

Now you get a choice between my favourite solo artist and my recently adopted favourite band! My blog comes in black and white now! Cool huh.

Trying to iron out all the bugs in this, as well as any quirks in the new layout. Not yet tested on a Windows machine, those pesky things, but it should look fine on a Mac.. Which is kinda strange cause I know only 3 people who use Macs, and two of them I wouldn't care if they actually read my blog and the other is probably having so much fun in Australia she's forgotten her surname.

Man I'm damn good at wasting time on stuff like this. So much for going to work hard.

I can't do maths

2006-05-22T21:39:00.000+08:00

Click to enlarge

My whole set of notes are like that. Pretty much explains it. Not as "impressive" as my Complex Number notes though. That one was about 40 pages.

Well I guess I'm part of the minority Ritzley's talking about hor. Minority amongs the minority even.

Sigh.

Woot

2006-05-22T19:05:00.000+08:00

I got 36.5/50 for GP compre! HAHA. Okay granted it was just a class exercise and Ms Chua was probably feeling generous to people who actually saw the sarcasm in the passage, but I'm like the highest in class I think! (Don't bother to correct me if I'm wrong, lalala I'm so happy I'm actually improving in something even though it's not any of my A Level subject). Definitely my highest score to date. When was the last time I actually exceeded 30/50 marks for GP?

Anyway I just started on a chemical for my face. If it doesn't help I'm gona submerge my face in concentrated acid. By prom my face will be crystal clear or I'll kill myself.

And I need to do something bout my hair. I shall wake up at 5AM every just to style it.

Ya know I'm more likely to follow this blog post than my study plan.

Still putting off fighting procrastination

2006-05-21T23:14:00.000+08:00

I'm now trying to do some Bio work after not having done anything for the past week. Man I didn't even do anything during the weekends.

To Jong's and my amusement I found Pg 25 and 26 of my cardiac cycle notes missing. How many pages did I lose? ONE! HAH they're printed on the same page, Jong. It's funny cause it's usually the first and last page of my notes that detach from the abuse it undergoes in random corners of my room but this time a page from the middle came off! And it's a particularly important page too.

Probably won't be funny during my Bio paper if I continue slacking. Well any paper actually. I'm kinda screwed having slacked the past 1.5 years.

Time to do some catching up...

(...on Desperate Houswives Season 2. Did I mention I'm getting a couple of PS2 games too? Or that everytime during holidays my Friendster profile sees an update in the Status field. So screwed.)

Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of

2006-05-21T00:28:00.002+08:00

Every now and then I'm reminded of your existence and realise it's a sad sad situation. Even though it's been more than a year since I don't see you regularly and I think that I may not have the same feelings as before, it still feels like before whenever you appear. It's weird really.

Meh. I hate the whole thing about not being able to use a particular pronoun.

Anyway dance was kinda enjoyable. At least I didn't sleep la.

I'm in love with U2 songs. Hoobastank's new album is quite nice.

That is all.

DISCOMFORT

2006-05-19T23:56:00.000+08:00

Bloody hell my complexion is systemically getting worse. I feel like peeling my face off.

Some dumb mosquito bit my finger. How the hell could it have done that? I think it might be something with a sting instead. I vaguely remember sweeping away a stupid insect mid-air and it collided with my finger. Damn it la now it's damn uncomfortable and painful instead of itchy. _|_

There's an ulcer at my lower lip that keeps scraping against my teeth no matter how I try to leave it alone.

Okay could be worse... Like getting a wart, again. Warts are the most vile and disgusting things on earth that can appear on your body. Well maybe it's a wee bit better than those genital warts... Wait they're also warts. Ugh.

If God created humans in his image...

GOD HAS PIMPLES AND BLACKHEADS.

That is all.

I wanna go New York

2006-05-18T23:27:00.000+08:00

Damn.

The new Apple Store in Manhattan, or quite possibly the 8th Wonder of the world. Forget the Empire States Building or Statue of Liberty man, this is the landmark to visit.

Inexplicable good mood

2006-05-16T22:10:00.000+08:00

Maths remedial! Haha thanks to a Trigonometry lesson I get to see my eye candy for the 2nd time today! Woot.

MacBook!

Creative sues Apple! Watch Creative lose!

Bio homework! I like doing Bio homework! No, seriously. Okay maybe I just see it as the lesser (yes there's such a word, Xuanyi) of the 3 evil subjects.

Actually my complexion is okay. I will disagree with this any other time but now I think it's actually okay la. Okay maybe not. I've got to find out what are those ugly things on my nose. Fuck la I just ruined my good mood.

Zhou Hua Jian

2006-05-15T19:54:00.000+08:00

(Encoding set to Unicode hor.)

Today the people who dropped Econs... I shall christen the group "Haha, Econs Evaders" (HEE).

Anyway as I was saying the people who dropped Econs - Charlene, Chen Lu, Shiru and me, for the uninitated over-achiever who is foreign to the concept of dropping subjects, went to town so the dancers (which obviously excludes me cause I'm narrating and I can't dance for nuts and Charlene cause... Needs no explaining actually) went to get.. *ahem* something for their dance night this Saturday.

I went to meet my cousin to go shopping. She has Akido at 6PM at her school. Hopefully that doesn't turn her into a particular sadistic classmate that shall not be named.

I bought Zhou Hua Jian's new album for my mum! Wah lau I am so wei da can. You think buy Zhou Hua Jian's album at my age very easy is it? We went to this CD shop at Far East and I refused to enquire about the availability of said album and prodded my cousin who wonderfully asked the shop-keeper. We had no luck at this shop so we went to Bugis, the land of the cheap and imported music, to find the album.

After finding the album and overcoming the initial hesitation I finally said,

"Uncle... 我要周华健的 CD" (Uncle I want Zhou Hua Jian's CD)

"周华健？张栋梁的要不要？“ (Zhou Hua Jian? Zhang Dong Liang one la want or not?")

”不要我要周华健的。” (Don't want I want Zhou Hua Jian's!)

“王力宏的啦！” (Take Wang Li Hong's album la!)

At this point I'm beginning to realise he's trying to say that Zhou Hua Jian is too old for me.

“不要！我买给我妈妈的。” (No! I'm buying it for my mum.)

”买给妈妈不会作天母亲节买？“ (Want to buy for her never buy yesterday on Mother's Day?)

Wah lau he don't believe I buy for my mum is it? Okay la uncle! I have secret fetish for Zhou Hua Jian okay? Nabei.

Ahhhhh so shuai!!!!

Thanks to my cousin I have Mary J Blige's CDs and am no longer a Subway virgin. Oh I bought something for dance night this Saturday too, ;)

Oh and I went to Icon at Bugis for the first time. Wah I hope the management don't notice the electricity bill and the lack of revenue and decide to turn down the air-con which is so shiok!

Messed up

2006-05-14T21:11:00.000+08:00

My music library is neatly arranged in iTunes with almost all the tracks labelled, Chinese font for Chinese songs even, complete with album art and even attached with lyrics.

Files in my computer are more or less arranged in clearly labelled folders and categorized tidily according to their file type.

So why the hell can't my room be like that?

My room is a pig sty.

I finally bothered to clear my ledge/desk and so it now looks better. Man I'm so studious I've changed the TV into a printer. I need an LCD TV/Monitor.

I can't do much about the wire clutter. I hate wires. Why can't we have wireless power? Argh.

This is but one area of my room. The real mess is all the stacks of papers and notes that will shock anyone and probably trigger heart attacks in a mugger or two.

I shall pack those... One day.

Argh my photos lost their dates even though I managed to rescue them off my iPod. They're now randomly arranged, and it pains my heart. I think I shall manually arrange all 1002 photos one of these days.

Break-up songs

2006-05-13T23:58:00.000+08:00

Here's a list of break-up songs from my music library.

No, nothing happened.. Not recently at least.

In no particular order, (set your browser's encoding to Unicode for Chinese characters)

· 爱错 - 王力宏
· So Sick - Ne-Yo
· With or Without You - U2
· 天空 - 何维健
· Don't Forget About Us - Mariah Carey
· 珊瑚海 - 周杰伦
· 接受 - 梁静茹
· 最熟悉的陌生人 - 陈慧伶
· I Hate Myself For Losing You - Kelly Clarkson
· Cool - Gwen Stefani
· 分手快乐 - 梁静茹
· Karma - Alicia Keys
· 楓 - 周杰伦
· We Belong Together - Mariah Carey
· 你要的不是我 - 林俊杰
· 可惜不是你 - 梁静茹
· 你不在 - 王力宏

Okay lazy to find liao.

Leehom on 食字路口 earlier tonight:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

bashed

2006-05-12T22:04:00.000+08:00

I woke up from a bad dream this morning.

They found out. They were cracking mean jokes which progressed into a chase and eventually they were all over punching and kicking. I saw my friends, old classmates. They were assaulting and berating along with the mob of attackers.

I had to fight back. I threw punch after punch across faces until I finally stumbled into this classroom with injuries all over. Then I staggered over to a chair and slumped over. I saw Shuli sitting across me.

I woke up.

It might come true.

It's good to be Hom

2006-05-12T20:30:00.000+08:00

Some shots of Lee Hom in the recent MTV Asia Awards... I'm crazy over his clothes!

The tie totally rocks with his clothing. Check out those rings.

I'm not too hot on this one... Part of his chinked-out theme I guess.

Street-wear! Leehom likes his bling.

More street-wear. Man he looks way young to be 30.

This has got to be the best.

This one is just begging for a caption.

Photos credit of Janz@pantip.com

X

2006-05-11T22:05:00.000+08:00

Oh I forgot to blog about Shuli, Pris and Gerald coming over to my house to watch X-men 1 and 2 to prepare for the upcoming X3 (woot!).

Lucky got me there to guide them through the two movies. Why they want Rogue? What's that girl called? Is this one mutant?

Wah okay they will scold me so I shall stop.

ANYWAY I THINK I HAVE A SUPER BIG CRUSH. Okay I'm a bit siao now so must pardon me. I even want to go school tomorrow just to steal a peek of less than 5 minutes at the bus stop can.

Oh man this sucks. AHHH.

Life's a game of Sims

2006-05-11T20:08:00.000+08:00

How the hell do I make a friend? Do you like go up and say hi and weird out an utter stranger? When we were young it was so dumb how friends worked - you know the whole "I don't friend you" and "he's my best friend" thing. But well at least neighbours and classmates meant instant friends that you could have fun with at that time. Now I don't even know what my next-door neighbour looks like, serious!

Well to answer pressing life-related questions like that as well as the meaing of life itself, I turn to my trusted source of everything to do with life.

Sims 2.

(HAHA very lame but it has got to come sooner or later from any Sims player right? A story, best served with in-game screenshots, of their very own Sims.)

*Mr. Loy's voice* Introducing.. Wolverine.

I mean Seth. No he wasn't named thus so because I happen to like the name, but the creator of this custom sim named him as such. So, Seth Cortez, once again. Note the cool earrings and tattoos. Not to mention the nipple piercings.

Anyway I've just realised that his earrings are on his right ear, and that he has nipple piercings. Man I downloaded a gay Sim.

Nevertheless let's continue with his story to fill up a blog post.

Seth was recently promoted from a Dishwasher to a Drive-Through Clerk. His dream is to be a Celebrity Chef so he has to work his way up the Culinary business.

Bought him an electric guitar... Or whatever that is to celebrate his promotion. He's only wearing undies here cause that's his PJ's okay.

Some thief attempts to steal my newly bought toy... Only to activate my burglar alarm which called upon a police officer. A fight ensues. Luckily, my Sim was in council during his schooling days before and can cheer very loudly for the policewoman. "Kemama ole ole ah ah!" or something to that effect la. Makes as little sense as the Simlish Sims speak in the game.

Yay the day is saved.

Okay that turned out more boring than I thought. Utterly irrelevant too, since I managed to make friends from strangers in the game by just calling them. The funny thing is I have their number once I meet them once. So good hor, no need to ask for phone number.

I'll have to see if I have the courage... Or perhaps Jong's facial skin thickness, to initiate a conversation.

So scary!

Study

2006-05-10T22:58:00.000+08:00

What a vile word. I hate it.

Now I have both Chem and Maths remedial and have to do up some plans on what I want to achieve in the next block test, prelims and eventually the A's. You know, the standard stuff.

I have to say here that I know what I am supposed to do in my last year of my junior college. I am certainly not going to let my grades be like that in the end, obviously. While I know the remedials are to help and Mrs. Foo/Ms. Chua were as pleasant as they could in today's meeting, I just want people to get off my back for a while.

Now, if a particular fucker gives another of his condescending snigger again...

Anyways, when the hell will Channel 5 show Season 5 of The Apprentice?

Contestant - Tarek. Jong buy tea from him next time.

Man he looks freakingly like Orlando Bloom. Well to me.

Orlando Bloom

Right right?

I put him through MyHeritage face recognition and got this:

Hahaha look like hobbit

o.O

Of course how to resist putting pics of myself and friends?

WAH LAU I AM GEORGE W. BUSH.

Now I become some Korean girl. Nabei. Haha the face recognition don't want to recognise Chen Lu, even when I select her first manually. Shuli is some weird guy! Hahahaha!

Okay now Shuli is some chio Korean girl also, while Chen Lu remains undetected!

Hahaha Chen Lu is what John Wayne. Wah Pris not bad leh, Tata Young.

OH SHIT, II

2006-05-09T21:00:00.000+08:00

Okay now that I've revived my blog, you guys can see me freak out on the eve of any exam!

TOMORROW IS CHEM FREAKIN' TEST AND I HAVEN'T STUDIED YET!

Okay just now I went to Woodlands library to study with Shuli. I attempted to study and you know how good I am at sitting down and studying my notes. Wait, what my notes? I didn't even have my notes la. I was reading Shuli's notes. And I think I have some form of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder when it comes to studying. Cause there were no more tables at the library left (what is Woodlands the hangout place for muggers?), we were at the computer station with all but a computer that had everything but Internet Explorer locked. There wasn't even Notepad (yes I actually tried to open that), and all there was was this page that prompted for a password and a user ID and wouldn't let me surf the net otherwise, and I think I spent minutes just randomly trying to bypass that page!

Can you imagine, I would rather play with a Windows system than study?

I think Shuli don't want to study with me in future liao. =(

Anyway tomorrow's test is important! Mrs. Chan has said the dreaded "R" word that a particular teacher of this subject involving numbers has already implemented every Tuesday! If I fail badly tomorrow my fate is sealed!

I haven't do NMR tutorial!

Tomorrow have to meet Mrs. Foo!

My playlist for tomorrow: Die Another Day - Madonna

OH SHIT

2006-05-09T11:51:00.000+08:00

I'm supposed to meet Shuli at 11 to study Chem, but look at the time now!! I woke up at 11AM! AHHH!

SIAN

2006-05-08T22:21:00.000+08:00

I am dead sian, insofar (wah cheem hor) DOTA and Sims 2 won't help much. Invariably I would want to buy something that's overpriced and I don't need.

Since Apple has been quiet since its 30th birthday, of course with the exception of the 17-inch MacBook Pro which I wouldn't even dream of buying (it's freakin' five thousand dollars), I would turn to my other favourite consumer product company - Sony Ericsson.

It's been bout 20 months since I got my phone! How amazing is that, for me who used to change phones once every 2 months to stick with something for that long a time. Actually I don't mind holding onto my S700i, which has served me well since I plopped down an arm and a leg for it almost 2 years back when it first came out. Hey I guess it was worth it - the first few batches were made in Japan, and I guess the quality really shows since I've seen how many other Sony Ericsson phones crash like anything.

W900i is the closest successor to my phone! I love the swivel form factor. It's unique, not boring like the standard candybar, and not as common as the clamshells. And I'm used to playing with my S700i's swivel, which has really stood the test of abuse.

Damn, it's almost one thousand dollars though, for an phone that really doesn't differ much from my current one.

But of course that's still not expensive enough for my taste. Well of course whether I can afford it is another thing.

I want the P990i! I've since used two PDA-phones, never mind the fact I didn't need them, and I find them great. I love writing my SMSes. Well of course there're problems like the phone part crashing and you wouldn't even know it until you reset your phone and realise all the missed SMSes and calls you had during the period. But it's the geek factor that counts! 2-megapixel camera, 3G, Wifi... Can surf net in the toilet! Okay I already do that with my PSP.

Okay, so now nobody will want to borrow my PSP.

Anyway the P990i will be $1.4k at least la. How the hell did I think that such phones were worth their cost in the past? I guess now I have new opportunity costs such as new iPods! I wouldn't want to be stranded without any money when Steve Jobs unveil the new iPods. Shit la I think I jumped out of the pot onto the frying pan. From phones to iPods. Such a spendthrift. But I'm feeling better now! No wonder retail therapy works for me.

MacBooks rumoured for a release tomorrow! Sleek black laptops from Apple? Can't wait!

Random facts in an otherwise meaningless world

2006-05-07T21:49:00.000+08:00

- Apple has a new iPod advertisement. Wah lau eh, I want earbud cords that are as long as their's.

- Apparently, Mischa Barton is going to leave the OC. That'll mean Ryan Atwood would have to find another corpse for a girlfriend, or quit necrophilia entirely, since Barton/Marrisa Cooper is essentially a skeleton.

Nano-thin.

- New Super Mario Brothers! You may not be a geek or gamer like me, but you gotta appreciate the fact that a new Super Mario Bros. is coming out! We grew up with Super Mario Bros after all.

- Speaking of Nintendo, its next-gen console is named "Wii" (pronounced "we"). Xbox 360, PS3... Wii. Nintendo must love my name. Just giving me a nice, white DS Lite would do actually.

Oreo Cheesecake

- Today's my father's 50th birthday. Was angry with him for the TV incident last night, but I guess there's no overnight grudge between father and son (translated from Chinese la). 50 years old liao leh. Never thought he was so old already.

Happy birthday daddy.

MTV Asia Awards, II

2006-05-07T02:32:00.000+08:00

I had to fight with my dad over the TV. I said that MTV Asia Awards was an annual thing, which of course he rebutted with General Elections being once every five years. But at least MAA was less predictable.

Leehom won the award for Fav. Taiwan Artist!

The whole show was kinda dull actually. I was unimpressed by Daniel Powter's live performance of Bad Day. Totally took out the kick from the song. Not that he couldn't sing, but it was totally unlike the album version and utterly boring. Interestingly, he was acting obviously gay.

Jolin Tsai won some style award. During her performance she did some acrobatics with a ball. I was o.O".

Taufik Batisah won favourite arist for Singapore.

Meh.

At one point Leehom went "I say Bang you say kok! Bang!"

"Kok!"

"Bang!"

"Kok!"

"Okay that sounded really interesting."

Haha what the hell.

MTV Asia Awards

2006-05-06T16:24:00.000+08:00

Oh almost forgot, today midnight there's MTV Asia Awards! Personally I don't give a damn bout who wins, except for the Taiwan Artist section cause Leehom is a nominee (but Jay Chou would almost certainly win )= ), but I'm watching cause Leehom is hosting! Alongside with Kelly Rowland, one-third of the now disbanded Destiny's Child. Man I got it wrong the other time when I thought it was Kelly Clarkson, and went around telling people my two favourite singers were hosting.

Nevertheless there's still Leehom speaking English! Haha!

Speaking of Clarkson, check out this video of a Ford commercial that features one of her new songs, "Go". Finally we're hearing something from her new album. Hopefully we'll see more on Asia Awards tonight.

But if Murphy gets his way there'll probably be a blackout at exactly 12AM. I hate him*.

*Okay I know he just postulated the concept of things going wrong, but it's nice to have a scapegoat to blame.

My life thus far

2006-05-06T16:04:00.000+08:00

Or at least starting from when I last blogged. Or when I last remember, actually.

People in general tend to focus on the negative things that happened, and I don't see why not, especially when is going on is...

1) My parents meeting Mrs. Foo. Now I was still being pretty fine about it until I learnt about the interesting fact that I had to be present too. I don't see the fuss over my Science results... I mean, I got 21.5% and 37% for my Bio and Chem respectively because I was struggling hard to get 34% for my Maths what. I got 30% for last year's Maths block test okay. But I guess my parents and the school people focus on the negative things.

2) My hair is so short. Okay, granted that it looks a bit better than when I didn't style my hair when it was longer, which isn't saying much, it's still too short for my liking.

3) My complexion is still ugh. Note that this list is not arranged in order of decreasing irritability, because I don't really mind meeting Mrs. Foo 10 times over if I had perfect skin. I want PLASTIC SURGERY. Actually I think I should book an appointment with the National Skin Centre soon. Coincidently it will land on a Tuesday, and of course, that has nothing to do with the fact that I won't be able to go for Maths remedial then.

And number 4, this just in - Bnet is down! Can't play DOTA. Bloody hell. I'm going to say luckily I still have Sims 2, but the other time I looked forward to an entire day of Sims, my computer's hard disk DIED. I hate Murphy's Law.

Back

2006-05-05T19:53:00.000+08:00

Okay I've been meaning to blog for a long time now, but I've always managed to put it off cause I've no blog skin and no one really reads anyway. Anyway this is like my ninth design, excluding the stillborn dozens that didn't make it. It's kinda funny that I care so much about my blog design when probably no one cares whether I've carefully considered whether or not to make my links bold or if a 16-pixel space between lines is better than a 15-pixel one. Besides I'm not really cut out for design I guess. I can't even make a decent looking house in Sims 2!

Speaking of which my right middle finger is still awkward at certain angles from last weekend's 3-day (ahh I love random holidays like Labour Day) use of my computer. I think I see an imprint of my hand on the mouse.

Okay back to blogging stuff - I've moved to Blogspot! At long last. Was getting sick of my manual editing-of-HTML-pages way of posting. Hate the republishing crap though. The name's gathering-wool cause woolgathering was taken. It means daydreaming, and sounds a whole lot better than dr3ams I guess. The latter borders on being part of the main language used in Friendster profiles of Singaporean teens, but dreams was obviously taken mah.

That's about all for now, since you'd probably be more interested with Colin and Kero or something. My finger hurts. Need to switch to my ring finger to right-click now.

I'm BA-AACK!

2006-05-04T20:05:00.000+08:00

Sad lyrics from love song in title? Check!
Picture of favourite singer? Check!
t0opid wayys of spelling miee woRds? Yucks.

Anyway I'm BA-AACK!

I think. Only doing this cause I've got work to do, and whenever I've got work to do I'll do totally waste time stuff like this. I amaze myself.

Charlene, Wang Li Hong is fuckin' cute. However you scroll this page he's still gonna stare at you for saying butt-ugly Korean stars like Rain and Gackt are better looking than him. Rain's so ugly he got his name cause Heaven cries when he appears. And Gackt is a fitting MJ-substitute. Yes I know he's not Korean. Or is he? Don't care la.

Yay I threw a blog template together in 2 minutes! Haha!